B.T.S. Prichard's Barn Build

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I then used a fresh #11 blade and cut out the roof panel pattern. I marked the center line and lightly scored the center line.



I carefully bent the roof panel to the the truss pattern.

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Cut and added the clerestory roof panel.



This will be a nice addition to the Perkins Farm.



Done for today on this model.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Pennman, (Rich) sent me three photos of the BTS Barn kit bashed by James Lucas. James made the barn into a small engine shed.

James built many fantastic models and dioramas. He and GreggW built many as a team.

I learned James passed this past year and some of his work still may be on Facebook.

James also posted many photos of his work on RR Lines, which is now long gone along with his photos.

You can find more of his modeling here - https://modelersforum.com/index.php?topic=1973.0

Thanks for that information, Tom.

I think turning the barn into an engine shed is a great idea for someone who can't use the barn.  I have Master Creations Waxworks on the shelf, which comes with a barn.  I never knew what I was going to do with it.  Perhaps now I do!
Very sorry to hear about the passing of Jim Lucas.  I was a big fan - especially of the work he and Gregg did together.  Their version of SRM's Lamson and Goodnow remains my favourite ever build.

Cheers, Mark.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks very good Tom.

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Pennman, (Rich) sent me three photos of the BTS Barn kit bashed by James Lucas. James made the barn into a small engine shed.

James built many fantastic models and dioramas. He and GreggW built many as a team.

I learned James passed this past year and some of his work still may be on Facebook.

James also posted many photos of his work on RR Lines, which is now long gone along with his photos.

You can find more of his modeling here - https://modelersforum.com/index.php?topic=1973.0

Thanks for that information, Tom.

I think turning the barn into an engine shed is a great idea for someone who can't use the barn.  I have Master Creations Waxworks on the shelf, which comes with a barn.  I never knew what I was going to do with it.  Perhaps now I do!
Very sorry to hear about the passing of Jim Lucas.  I was a big fan - especially of the work he and Gregg did together.  Their version of SRM's Lamson and Goodnow remains my favourite ever build.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark, Cheers,

Jim and Gregg both were modelers I greatly admired for their talents. Their diorama of the old barn on the highway hill is my all time favorite. I also have the Waxworks kit on the shelf. Jeff Grove started it but gave up. He said it was to hard to get every piece to fit correctly.

Tom

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Looks very good Tom.

Thanks Butty, appreciate you stopping by.

Tom

[SteveCuster]

Hey Tom,

Great job so far on the kit. I built a similar Master Creation kit of an engine house in the 90s maybe prior to the BTS takeover. I think that might be what James Lucas built in his diorama, looks very similar to this:



It came in a bag if I remember correctly and the construction was exactly like the barn you're currently doing. Those smaller MC kits were nothing like the larger limited run kits in difficult, in fact I thought they were pretty well engineered. I built a Minerva Casket on the other hand, and it was one of the most overly complicated and difficult kits I've ever done and there's not many manufacturers I haven't built.

I've used those AK interactive slime enamels along the bottom of a few structures, and I liked the way it looked. I just tipped it over and ran a small brush along the bottom and since the enamel is thin it flowed up each board nicely.

-Steve

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Steve,

Thank you for the compliment on the barn build. I'm looking forward to getting it finished.

Thank you for the information. I thought the barn look familiar but couldn't remember who released the kit. MCCabe Lumber, that's it. It was easy for me to believe Jim scratch built the engine shed due to his previous work.

Many, many years ago I built the Master Creations Fanny Schwahn's. It was supposed to be HO/Hon3 but when built, scaled out to be more like "S" scale. I have the Wax Works SE (with sound modules) and Blandings & Gallard Cement, both will probably never get built.

I've been using AK paints more and more on models lately.

Thank you again Steve for the clarification on the barn by Jim Lucas.

Tom

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Tom, something I now do is put a piece of Scotch Tape on the inside ridgeline of the roof panels, after scribing but -before- folding.  That way if the panels want to separate, the tape keeps them in alignment. 

dave

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Dave,

Excellent idea, thanks for the trick/tip.

Tom

[Pennman]

Steve,

Thank you for the compliment on the barn build. I'm looking forward to getting it finished.

Thank you for the information. I thought the barn look familiar but couldn't remember who released the kit. MCCabe Lumber, that's it. It was easy for me to believe Jim scratch built the engine shed due to his previous work.

Many, many years ago I built the Master Creations Fanny Schwahn's. It was supposed to be HO/Hon3 but when built, scaled out to be more like "S" scale. I have the Wax Works SE (with sound modules) and Blandings & Gallard Cement, both will probably never get built.

I've been using AK paints more and more on models lately.

Thank you again Steve for the clarification on the barn by Jim Lucas.

Tom

Tom,

When I found the pictures of the barn build by James Lucas, I should have searched it further. I saw that the roof he made was peaked and thought he re-constructed it that way from a gable roof, as part of his kit-bash. I have seen the kit before like the one Steve Custer constructed, but had forgotten about it.
I thought it was neat that you both used similar paint.
You are doing really well with your build.

Rich

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Rich,

No problem, I thought i9t was a scratch build myself. 

Tom

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Prior to gluing the roof panels on the barn, I added the 3M transfer tape. I then glued the roof paneling on the barn trusses and on the clerestory.

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Rear -



Roofing papers, doors and additional weathering are next.

[Jerry]

Great update looking forward to the shingles before it snows!!   Wait a minute it doesn't snow where you are!!!

Jerry